{"id":333,"date":"2012-01-07T14:34:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T19:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benstapp.com\/wordpress\/?p=333"},"modified":"2012-01-17T10:43:22","modified_gmt":"2012-01-17T15:43:22","slug":"intro-to-chords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benstapp.com\/wordpress\/?p=333","title":{"rendered":"MusicEd – Intro to Chords"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a beginner’s intro to chords.<\/p>\n

It goes through the basics:
\n1. Identify notes and notes with accidentals on the piano 2. Interval recognition (major and minor 2nds) 3. Major Scale Pattern 4. Major Scales\/Degrees of Scales 5. Chord formulas<\/p>\n

What to do:
\n1. Learn to identify the notes on the piano
\n2. Learn to identify major and minor 2nds on the piano
\n3. Apply the major scale pattern of major and minor 2nds starting on different notes.
\n4. Number each scale. example: in C major C=1, D=2, E=3, F=4, G=5, A=6 and B=7
\n5. Each chord is a combination of scale degrees. example: Augmented = 1 3 #5
\n6. Not mentioned on this sheet is exercises that make you name the notes of different chords. So here is a follow up:
\n7. Bb augmented, C half-diminshed, B minor7, A dominant7, Db full-diminshed<\/p>\n